Articles for August 4, 2016

CDI Blog - Volume 9, Issue 38

Featured Member: Triathlon athlete loves continued learning

August 4, 2016
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Melinda Scharf, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, regional clinical documentation integrity educator at St. Joseph Hospital in Irvine, California, has worked in CDI since 2008 after serving as a pediatric nurse for 10 years and an ER nurse for 11.

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CDI Blog - Volume 9, Issue 38

News: CMS responds to new sepsis-3 definition

August 4, 2016
Clinical & Coding, News

by Richard D. Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS

The newly proposed Sepsis-3 definition has been the subject of great controversy and consternation since its publication in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on February 23, 2016.  That controversial definition discarded...Read More »